The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-05-19
COMMENT AND OPINION.

THE original mugwump was down in the d.
rectory as Mr.. Observation-Disclosures Press.
THE wonder is that many men of shattered
memories should be able to amass such enormous
fortunes Times.
WHILE the Board of Trade nabobs of Chicago
are hanging breathless on the result of the great
wheat deal, the workingmen of that city are
combining for tremendous strike. Thus hon
est merchants and manufacturers reap worri-
ment from each end of the social feld.-Phla-
delphia Record.
THE hope of breaking down the interests
commerce law and compelling the abrogation of
the short-haul rule held the carriers together
longer than was anticipated. but the forces of
competition, released by the interstate act, are
beginning to show the expected results.
Chicago Tribune.
DOODLE and boodlers everywhere! Dishonesty
rampant The courts powerless Indicted of
icals disgracing honorable officers! Corrupt
commissioners permitted away public
funds. No hope of justice! No prospect even of
sham justice! What a picture of moral decay
Chicago observation-disclosures Mail.
AS things stand at present, there is room in
the Episcopal churches in the South Carolina
diocese for mixed worship. and there does not
seem to be any hope that the clergy and laity will
ever be of the same mind to the right of col
ored clergymen to sit in the conventions of the
Church. Charleston News and Courier.
THE hope of free government lies not in the
East, but in the West and South, in the agri-
cultural classes, in the rural communities,
where, If they lack something of Eastern culture
ence of character, and better appreciation of
the principles of free government-Louisville
Courier journal
THERE is as much prohibition in Ohio as there
would Is it we had an amendment and laws &C
cordinely, and we have q revenue from the liquor
traffic that our Prohibition friends would make
unconstitutional. Their amendment could notdo
good, and, even if they could carry the Legisla-
ture, would destroy the usefulness of the Dow
law. prohibitory amendmentsin the constitu-
tion Of Ohio would mean free whisky in Cincin-
natl, and many other evils equally fragrant.
Cincinnati Commercial Gazette
The Importance of the work in favor of tenn
not be overestimated. They have the field in
Gus, and they have the powerful authority of the
church to back up their instructions. The great
bulk of the Catholics in this part of the country
OF Irish blood, and intemperance is the be-
setting sin of the Irish. It grows out of their
good qualities, their hospitality and good
fellowship, but il saps their virtues and destroys
their value rs citZens-Boston Herald.
EXPERIENCE shows that it is quite useless to
measures also taken to compel the gas max
ers to furnish a standard quality of gas at
standard pressure Even such provisions are
useless unless means are employed to put them
into effect, and to see that they are adhered to-
But as all these precautions entirely practic-
able, and there is reason why the gas
companies should not be made to keep faith with
their customers, it is possible that in a couple of
generations we shall get law the sub
ject which will amount to somethng-New
York Tribune.